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DNA links serial killer Ted Bundy to another Utah teenager’s 1974 killing

DNA connects serial killer Ted Bundy to the death of another Utah teenager, authorities announced Tuesday, exactly 52 years after her body was discovered in the woods by a hunter. Bundy has been dead since 1989, but the tally of his confirmed victims continues to grow due to advances in DNA testing. He killed at least 30 women and girls in multiple states in the 1970s, and many more escaped or survived with injuries. Investigators are satisfied that Bundy was responsible for killing 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith in 1974, a death that had long been listed as a cold case, Summit County Attorney Margaret Olson said at a news conference. They were able to close the case by making crucial connections with DNA found on Smith and Laura Aime, another Bundy victim whose case was resolved last April in Utah County. Bundy's DNA was on file in Florida, where he was convicted and ultimately…

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3 people, including two minors, arrested in connection with a school shooting plot in metro Atlanta

Three people, including two juveniles, have been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to carry out a shooting at a high school in metro Atlanta, authorities said Tuesday. The announcement comes less than two weeks after a 16-year-old boy killed three children and a teacher in a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in central Oregon. The FBI discovered threatening posts online from one of the trio and worked with local police to make the arrests on Oct. 20 and 23, apprehending two in Georgia and the third in California, the Canton Police Department said in a news release. They found weapons and ammunition. They were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder. Police said one of the suspects is 21 years old and another 17, but they didn't provide the age of the third suspect other than saying he is a juvenile. The third suspect is also accused of disrupting or…

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Former true-crime producer accused of posing as aircraft heiress added to FBI most-wanted list

(Gray News) - A 75-year-old woman who allegedly posed as an heiress to steal more than $14 million has been added to the FBI’s Most Wanted list. According to the FBI, Mary Carole McDonnell is accused of posing as the heiress to the McDonnell Aircraft family with an $80 million secret trust. The McDonnell Aircraft Corporation was an aerospace manufacturer best known for its military aircrafts. The FBI said the alleged scheme began in July 2017 and lasted until May 2018. McDonnell allegedly obtained $14.7 million from Banc of California, as well as an additional $15 million from other financial institutions. On Dec. 12, 2018, a federal arrest warrant was issued for McDonnell. She faces charges of bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. McDonnell is described as 5-foot-7 with blond hair and blue eyes. She weighs about 145 pounds and has a scar on her right knee. Mary Carole McDonnell was…

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Utah officials link serial killer Ted Bundy to murder of 17-year-old girl

More than 50 years after hunters found the body of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith in Utah, officials have determined that notorious serial killer Ted Bundy was responsible for her murder. The announcement comes six months after Utah officials used DNA evidence to link Bundy to the 1974 murder of another 17-year-old girl, Laura Ann Aime. The Utah State Crime Lab concluded on July 14 that the DNA profile recovered from Aime's body matched a profiled recovered from Smith's body, said Summit County Attorney Margaret Olson. The finding was presented alongside other evidence and reports in the case to the county attorney's office on Oct. 7. Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera said the case demonstrates the importance of retaining evidence, even decades later. She said that when a Summit County detective reached out to her agency in June 2025, a Salt Lake detective was able to locate original…

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